Ray Yeakley
Ray Yeakley
depended fire homes impact lost severe time
At one time in Flagler County, we lost more than 50 homes in one night's time. It just depended on the conditions, how big the fire was at the time, how severe and how big an impact it made.
It could have been a short, it could have been a (power) surge, it could have been anything.
contracted guys late likely positive testing understood
Guys who are now testing positive for hepatitis C more than likely contracted it in the 1980s or late 1970s when it wasn't understood what hepatitis C was.
amount carbon extremely produced
The only thing that could have produced that amount of carbon monoxide was the car. It was extremely high.
fires somebody
Those fires didn't just start. Somebody started them.
concern existing people present threat
It doesn't present any more of a threat than spilled gasoline. Our only concern is people who have existing respiratory problems.
biggest brush cigarette determine exact fires offender people
We are averaging as many as 15 brush fires a week. We can't always determine the exact cause, but the biggest offender is people flicking cigarette butts out of their cars.
gets goes ground match structure wood
It was all wood structure from the ground up. Once (a structure) like this gets going, it goes up like a match box.
caps gas noticed open several taken
That's when they noticed that several gas caps were open or taken off. They called in an investigator, and it was deemed arson.
county far fire
More than anything, it just taps our resources. If you get anything else going on, it just straps the whole county as far as fire protection.
easy fires
Once the fires got going, it was easy for them to get out of control.
agencies aspect assistance giving
In this case, firefighters were just one aspect of it. There were a lot of agencies there giving assistance in one way or another.
appears car garage left running though
The car that's in the garage had the ignition left on. It wasn't running when we got there; it appears as though it may have run out of gas.